Wednesday, February 29, 2012

"Rick Santorum is so anti-gay, he doesn’t even want pirates touching their own booty.” –Jay Leno

“Rick Santorum is so conservative that when he goes to KFC, he only orders the right wings.” –Jay Leno
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Thank God . . . . Romney sweeps Michigan and Arizona

It is time to end these primaries, get behind Romney and focus on the naked Communist in the White House.

By Gary;

Proof at last that there is a God. Rick Santorum lost the Arizona and Michigan primaries.

Simply, the naked Communist Comrade Obama must be defeated if there is to be any chance to save what little is left of the Republic of the Founders.

Rick Santorum is a fucking joke. Eight weeks ago the polls showed 96% of Republicans rejected Santorum. He was polling 4%. Getting 4% is in the margin of error of many polls. His real support could have been ZERO.

Insanity - The American political system is insane. No place in the world would any political party select as their leader in the election a candidate with nearly zero national support. But our stupid system allows near unknowns (like Obama) to become President with control of atomic weapons.

Only Romney has the real national organization that is needed to take on the White House Communist.

Maybe we can kill off Santorum next week on Super Tuesday. The corrupt whore Gingrich is almost gone. I was hoping Ron Paul would do better. But in the war of ideas seeing Paul pull huge audiences of young people at colleges is encouraging for the future.

In a final wrap, Michigan's precincts showed Romney at 41 percent and Santorum at 38 percent.
Paul was winning 12 percent of the vote to 7 percent for Gingrich. In Arizona Romney had 48 percent,
Santorum 26, Gingrich 16 percent and Paul 8 percent.

On to Super Tuesday. The time has come. Republicans, let's end this primary now and focus on the Commie bastard in the White House.

Justice is nearly dead in America.What passes for "justice" in the United States is really a war of the pocketbook. The Billionaire Cartels with super deep pockets and government attorneys backed by endless taxpayer's money control the court system. The little guy looking for fairness might as well drop his pants, bend over, spread his cheeks and take what little shred of justice the Elites choose to give him.

Fucked in AmericaJudge sides with Billionaire Agri-Business corporation and denies small farmers their day in court.

Corporate America uses its billions of dollars to bully small family farmers.

Nearly 1,000 farmers have had charges brought against them.

Seed drift and pollen drift from genetically engineered crops often contaminate neighboring fields. Monsanto then legally bullies their competitors for having their seeds on the neighbor's lands.

Courts fail again and again to protect the little guy against the corporations with deep pockets.

There is almost no justice in modern day America.

The court system favors giant deep-pocket billionaire corporations and the government itself against simple common people. Unless you have millions to defend yourself in court you are royally fucked. What passes for "justice" is simply court rulings going to the highest bidder.

On February 24, Judge Naomi Buchwald handed down a ruling
on a motion to dismiss in the case of Organic Seed Growers and Trade Assn et al
v. Monsanto after hearing oral argument on January 31st in Federal District
Court in Manhattan.

Her ruling to dismiss the case brought against Monsanto on
behalf of organic farmers, seed growers and agricultural organizations
representing farmers and citizens was met with great disappointment by the
plaintiffs reports Infowars.

Monsanto’s history of aggressive investigations and lawsuits brought against
farmers in America have been a source of concern for organic and non-GMO farmers
since Monsanto’s first lawsuit brought against a farmer in the mid-90′s. Since
then, 144 farmers have had lawsuits brought against them by Monsanto for alleged
violations of their patented seed technology.

Monsanto has brought charges
against more than 700 additional farmers who have settled out-of-court rather
than face Monsanto’s belligerent litigious actions. Many of these farmers claim
to not have had the intention to grow or save seeds that contain Monsanto’s
patented genes. Seed drift and pollen drift from genetically engineered crops
often contaminate neighboring fields. If Monsanto’s seed technology is found on
a farmer’s land without contract they can be found liable for patent
infringement.

“Family farmers need the protection of the court,” said Maine organic seed
farmer Jim Gerritsen, President of lead plaintiff OSGATA. "Family farmers deserve our day in court and this flawed ruling will not deter us
from continuing to seek justice.”
.A copy of Judge Buchwalds ruling is located here.
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The plaintiffs brought this suit against Monsanto to seek judicial protection
from such lawsuits and challenge the validity of Monsanto’s patents on
seeds.
.(Infowars.com)

A young documentary producer
returns to her hometown of Luton, in the north of England to find a very changed
political climate and culture. In just a few short years, Muslims have almost
entirely taken over her town.

Watch as the Muslims tell her to cover
herself, and that she and her fellow native Brits can "burn in Hell."

A Western Death Wish

Your Editor finds it interesting how the educated elites of the West have a Death Wish for their own nations.

They hate the countries they were born in. They hate their own cultures.

Then in an act of self-hate induced masturbation they pass laws importing countless millions of foreigners to re-populate the homeland in the image of some third world craphole.

In this "modern" world the Elites say the Western cultures of Greece, Holland, Great Britain and the United States have no right to exist. That millions of Muslims MUST BE IMPORTED in some sick Leftist fuck's wet-dream of social justice and "fairness" . . . . . and if you dare to question the "wisdom" of your Leftist Masters you are branded an evil racist.

It would also require telecommunication service providers to have the
technical capability to enable police and spies to intercept messages and
conversations..Orwellian Internet inspectors.
Among other things, the bill forces ISPs to install surveillance technology
and software to enable monitoring of phone and internet traffic. Section 34 is
there to make sure ISPs comply. So what, exactly, does it say?

Essentially, it says that government agents may enter an ISP when they wish,
without a warrant, and demand to see absolutely everything — including all data
anywhere on the network — and to copy it all reports Terry Milewski of CBC News.

First, Section 33 tells us that, "The Minister may designate persons or
classes of persons as inspectors for the purposes of the administration and
enforcement of this Act." So we're not talking about police officers
necessarily. We're talking about anyone the minister chooses — or any class of
persons.

Next, Section 34 spells out the sweeping powers of these "inspectors." And,
if they sound Orwellian, welcome to the world of Section 34.

The inspectors may "enter any place owned by, or under the control of, any
telecommunications service provider in which the inspector has reasonable
grounds to believe there is any document, information, transmission apparatus,
telecommunications facility or any other thing to which this Act applies."

The inspector, says the bill, may "examine any document, information or thing
found in the place and open or cause to be opened any container or other thing."
He or she may also "use, or cause to be used, any computer system in the place
to search and examine any information contained in or available to the
system."

You read that right. The inspector gets to see "any" information that's in or
"available to the system." Yours, mine, and everyone else's emails, phone calls,
web surfing, shopping, you name it. But, if that sounds breath-taking enough,
don't quit now because the section is still not done.

The inspector is also
empowered to copy anything that strikes his or her fancy. The inspector may
"reproduce, or cause to be reproduced, any information in the form of a
printout, or other intelligible output, and remove the printout, or other
output, for examination or copying."

Finally, note that such all-encompassing searches require no warrant, and
don't even have to be in the context of a criminal investigation. Ostensibly,
the purpose is to ensure that the ISP is complying with the requirements of the
act — but nothing in the section restricts the inspector to examining or seizing
only information bearing upon that issue. It's still "any" information
whatsoever.

Let's cut through the Bullshit . . . . The insane Afghans hate us. Our Afghan allies even murder our soldiers. They don't want us there. That sounds good to me. Time to get the Hell out of that 4th world shit-hole.

FACT #1) The political hacks and ex-military talking heads on TV have lied to you from day one about Afghanistan. Anyone with a brain who has studied military history knows there was never any way to control a huge nation the size of Afghanistan with the tiny army we sent in. . . . yes TINY.

The British Empire was not able to control the countryside in the American Revolution.

The French Army was not able to control the countryside in Mexico, Algeria or Indochina.

American and allied troops could not control the countryside of South Vietnam.

But our political leaders told us there would be no problem providing security in Afghanistan. Stupid people believe crap like that. Those who know how to think recognize the lies for what they are.

'Koran burning US
worst PR disaster in Afghan war'

FACT #2) It is not politically correct to talk about it, but Muslims do not like non-believers. Period. Given a chance they have eagerly murdered Christians, Jews and others throughout the Islamic world. It will be a cold day in Hell when Islamists apologize for burning down Christian churches in Egypt and Pakistan and the attacks on Hindus inside Pakistan.

Just try to build a brand new Mormon Temple, Synagogue, Hindu Temple or Christian Church in newly "liberated" Libya, or in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Egypt or even Turkey.

FACT #3) One reason the government gave for the Afghan war was to 'fight them over there rather then here at home.' That was a totally Bullshit argument.

The borders of the United States are wide open to millions upon millions of people simply walking into the nation at will. Those strolling across our borders are a combination of workers, terrorists, families and criminals. Why is our army located deep in Central Asia instead of protecting our own borders from invasion?

It is also the legal policy of the Federal government to import Muslims into the U.S. from Africa and Asia. It is all politically correctness gone mad.

Monday, February 27, 2012

It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.

(EDITOR'S NOTE - Judging by the stories in the news, I am firmly convinced we have reached the End of Days. Human beings are fucking idiots. We are doomed.)

Story #1)Police used McDonald's hamburgers to lure naked man off tower

Police were able to lure a naked man who spent hours atop a downtown Los Angeles radio tower with McDonald's hamburgers.

The man climbed to the top of the tower Wednesday night. At one point, police sources said, he asked for hamburgers from McDonald's. Officials complied, and he agreed to come down after eating his meal.

The 45-year-old Arizona resident was uninjured. It was unclear why he climbed the structure, which is part of a city personnel building just east of the downtown skyline.

He removed items of clothing after he began scaling the tower about 4 p.m.

"He started taking his clothes off as he climbed," Officer Karen Rayner told The Times.

Word to the wise: Maybe it's not the smartest thing to jog in what looks like a gas mask and body armor, and then jam a package in a post office box.

It could touch off what happened Tuesday at the busy San Jose post office on Lundy Avenue: a full-scale police response, complete with the bomb squad and a robot.

But San Jose police said the suspicious-looking jogger seen fidgeting with a package at a drop-off box was only working out in hard-core, albeit odd-looking, exercise gear.

"The guy said he was wearing a cardio mask," said Sgt. Jason Dwyer. "It was his cardio day, and he was trying to lose weight."

That's not what a post office customer thought when the man in the weird mask and vest was stuffing a package in a blue mail box about 12:30 p.m. The customer called police, and in a flash, the post office was on lockdown until 4:30 p.m., with 150 employees and customers tucked away in the back.

The San Jose police bomb squad, the Fire Department's hazardous materials unit and the postal inspector descended on a normally quiet strip of North San Jose. A robot detonated the package, which turned out, police said, to be a bunch of calendars.

"My friends kept messaging me, Is this you? Is this you?" recounted Long Hoang, who lives near the post office and is a student at Cal State East Bay in Hayward.

A dwarf who was picked up by a complete stranger then tossed onto the groundPhoto: BNPS.co.uk

Story #3)Dwarf left paralyzed after being thrown by drunken Rugby fan

Police are hunting a drunken reveler wanted for random dwarf tossing after a man was left partially paralyzed following an assault at a pub during a rugby match.

Martin Henderson - celebrating his 37th birthday with friends - was thrown into the air by a hooded thug in a copycat of the shamed England rugby star Mike Tindall's behavior in the summer.

Tindall was kicked out of the Elite Player Squad and fined £25,000 after a Rugby Football Union investigation into his drunken night in a dwarf-themed Queenstown bar.

In the copycat incident a month later, Henderson suffered damage to nerve tissue in his spine causing his legs to go numb after landing on his back on the pavement.

Officers have now launched an investigation into the incident.

Henderson condemned the hooded stranger after the cruel prank left him confined to a wheelchair. He said: "From what I remember, there was only one person involved but it was very scary as I didn't know what was going on.

"I guess I was an easy target and the only reason I was picked on was because I am small.

"People's attitudes to me when I go out can be pretty cruel. Most are OK but you get the odd idiot who will make fun and start laughing at me.

"You just have to ignore it but this is the first time I have been picked up and thrown about."

It would certainly be the club all men would
want to go to..Playboy have teamed up with Richard Branson's
Virgin Galactic in designing a futuristic gentleman's club that literally is,
'out of this world' reports the UK Daily Mail..In the March issue of the iconic magazine,
readers will be treated to a sci-fi themed depiction of fun and games aboard a
space station.Live Science reports that the imagined
super-club features a zero-gravity dance club, a casino featuring 'human
roulette' and a restaurant for fine dining as just some of the amenities
envisioned by artist Thomas Tenery.

'This heaven-in-the-heavens will exceed
starry-eyed travelers' wildest dreams, and guests will truly experience a party
that's out of this world.'.Virgin Galactic have long-term plans to become
the first passenger service that travels into space and is currently selling
tickets at $200,000 for a seat on its first craft the
SpaceShipTwo.'The Playboy Club in space will be on a station
in orbit, like a cruise ship,' Playboy writers A.J. Baime and Jason Harper
explain in a description.
.(UK Daily Mail)

Five-star: Diners in the Playboy Space restaurant would be able to defy the laws of gravity in a spinning room.

Dreamworld: Playboy and Virgin Galactic have dreamed up a cosmic men's space club in the form of a giant wheel.

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Arrested Jessie Sansone was arrested at his daughter's school after the 4-year-old drew a picture of a gun. (Peter Lee, Record Staff)

Big Brother Police StateFather arrested because his 4 year old daughter drew a picture of a gun at school.

Fascist police strip-searched the father and threw him in jail.

The Mother and 3 children were dragged before Family and Children’s Services for interrogation.

The jack boots of Fascism are in full goose-step.

A Kitchener, Canada father was arrested by police at his children’s’ school, hauled him down to the station and strip-searched. All because
his four-year-old daughter drew a picture of a gun at school.

“I was in shock. This is completely insane. My daughter drew a gun on a piece
of paper at school.”

The school principal, police and child welfare officials, however, all stand
by their actions. They said they had to investigate to determine whether there
was a gun in Sansone’s house that children had access to.

“From a public safety point of view, any child drawing a picture of guns and
saying there’s guns in a home would warrant some further conversation with the
parents and child,” said Alison Scott, executive director of Family and
Children’s Services.

Police officers went to his home, where his wife and 15-month-old child
were waiting for his return. They made his wife come to the police station while the other three children
were taken to Family and Children’s Services to be interviewed.

“Nobody was given any explanation,” said his wife, Stephanie Squires. “I
didn’t know why he was being arrested.

“He had absolutely no idea what this was even about. I just kept telling
them. ‘You’re making a mistake.’ ”

At the police station the father kept asking questions. He was given a blanket and told he would appear
before a judge in the morning to post bail.

“I was getting pretty scared at that point,” Sansone said. “It seemed like I
was actually being charged at this point.” He was forced to remove his clothes for a full strip search.

Several hours later, a detective apologized and said he was being released
with no charges, Sansone said.
.(The Record)

Saturday, February 25, 2012

"Listen, and understand! That Terminator is out there! It can't be bargained
with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And
it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead."- - - - Kyle Reese

Don't you just love it when Science Fiction meets Science fact..Step #1 is here. Killer Terminator drones are being "controlled" by nerds in far away bunkers while they slaughter dozens, hundreds or even thousands of people. The Nerds may even be civilians who could press the kill button when the military is not watching..Step #2 is coming fast. Killer Terminator drones and tanks will be automatic, self-thinking machines. It is in the works.

Just one question? - Are people fucking stupid or what? Does anyone read Science Fiction? or watch any movies? The government is run by fucking lunatics.

Building Terminators. Are
people fucking morons or what?

The Navy's newest drone being tested near Chesapeake Bay stretches the boundaries of technology: It's designed to land on the deck of an aircraft carrier, one of aviation's most difficult maneuvers.

What's even more remarkable is that it will do that not only without a pilot in the cockpit, but without a pilot at all.

The X-47B marks a paradigm shift in warfare, one that is likely to have far-reaching consequences. With the drone's ability to be flown autonomously by onboard computers, it could usher in an era when death and destruction can be dealt bymachines operating semi-independently.

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Funded under a $635.8-million contract awarded by the Navy in 2007, the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Carrier Demonstration program has grown in cost to an estimated $813 million reports the Los Angeles Times.

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Last February, the first X-47B had its maiden flight from Edwards Air Force Base, where it continued testing until last month when it was carried from the Mojave Desert to Naval Air Station Patuxent River in southern Maryland. It is there that the next stage of the demonstration program begins.

P.W. Singer: Military
robots and the future of war

Although humans would program an autonomous drone's flight plan and could override its decisions, the prospect of heavily armed aircraft screaming through the skies without direct human control is unnerving to many.."Lethal actions should have a clear chain of accountability," said Noel Sharkey, a computer scientist and robotics expert. "This is difficult with a robot weapon. The robot cannot be held accountable. So is it the commander who used it? The politician who authorized it? The military's acquisition process? The manufacturer, for faulty equipment?".Aerial drones now piloted remotely have become a central weapon for the CIA and U.S. military in their campaign against terrorists in the Middle East. The Pentagon has gone from an inventory of a handful of drones before Sept. 11, 2001, to about 7,500 drones, about one-third of all military aircraft..All military services are moving toward greater automation with their robotic systems. Robotic armed submarines could one day stalk enemy waters, and automated tanks could engage soldiers on the battlefield.."More aggressive robotry development could lead to deploying far fewer U.S. military personnel to other countries, achieving greater national security at a much lower cost and most importantly, greatly reduced casualties," aerospace pioneer Simon Ramo, who helped develop the intercontinental ballistic missile, wrote in his new book, "Let Robots Do the Dying."

Terminator Robots - Coming soon to a battlefield near you!The DARPA legged Squad Support System (LS3)

Today's dismounted warfighter can be saddled with more
than 100 pounds of gear, resulting in physical strain, fatigue, and degraded
performance. To help alleviate the impact of excess weight on troops, DARPA is
developing a highly mobile, semi-autonomous four-legged robot, the Legged Squad
Support System (LS3). LS3 includes onboard sensors to perceive obstacles in its
environment and path-planning capabilities to avoid them.

The LS3 prototype
recently completed its first outdoor assessment, demonstrating mobility by
climbing and descending a hill and exercising its perception and autonomous
follow-the-leader capabilities.

Robotic Death from the Skies.The X-47B drone, above, marks a paradigm shift in warfare, one that is likely to have far-reaching consequences. With the drone’s ability to be flown autonomously by onboard computers, it could usher in an era when death and destruction can be dealt by machines operating semi-independently. (Chad Slattery, Northrop Grumman / January 25, 2012)

The People's Republic of California is working hard to see how many businesses they can drive away from the state.

Socialism Gone Mad - Insane California Democrats want to create their very own state level "Social Security" system . . . after having already bankrupted the state.

Socialists want to create a brand new California run "retirement savings" program for private sector workers.

This
personal pension program would be supervised by the very people who bankrupted the state.

Any employer who fails to enroll in the program or offer their own pension plan would be fined $1,000 per employee.

The Socialist legislator's bill says the state will guarantee the investments - that is taxpayers will cover any shortages.

Two leading Democrat Socialist legislators in the People's Republic of California introduced legislation Thursday that creates a new state level retirement savings for private-sector workers of "modest means". The bill would form a government-run program for private-sector workers whose employers do
not offer pensions or 401(k) plans.

They said it could help an estimated 6.7 million California workers.

California Democrats appear to be in a contest to see just how many employers and jobs they can ship to other states and nations. Never mind what company in its' right mind would even want to build a brand new business in California?

This People's legislation would require employers with five or more workers to enroll them
into what they have termed a "personal pension program" to be run by a state
board. Their idea is to get small-business employees and hospitality workers who
don't make much money to save more for their retirement reports the San Jose Mercury News.

The Socialist lawmakers said they believed their program would be the first in which a
state government established a retirement program for workers in the private
sector. As a program with little or no precedent, several issues remain
unsettled, such as whether California taxpayers would ever be on the hook if
future investment returns failed to meet projections.

SB1234 would establish the Golden State Retirement Savings Trust, which would be
administered by a six-member board, including:

The State Treasurer

State Controller

Director of Finance

and an appointment each by the Governor, Senate and
Assembly.

A Giant Clusterfuck - Let's see . . . . the idiot Socialists who ran California into bankruptcy and higher taxes want to be the managers of a new slush fund, I mean investment fund, that could perhaps amount to billions of dollars.

Private-sector workers would automatically have 3 percent of their
earnings set aside in the trust, unless they opted out. Take a guess how long it will be until they are not allowed to drop out and employers will be forced to "match" their contributions?

Unlike in an individual IRA or 401(k) account, their benefits—defined as their
contributions plus earnings—would be guaranteed when they retire.

Republican lawmakers warned that taxpayers or employers could wind up on the
hook to cover any shortfalls if the government starts guaranteeing benefits to
private-sector employees.

Under proposed legislation, an employer who fails to
enroll in the program or offer their own pension plan would be fined $1,000 per
employee after a 90-day grace period.
.(San Jose Mercury News)

Friday, February 24, 2012

1984 Corporatism at a public bus stop in London.The British Government and private corporations are working together to scan pedestrians and beam advertising directly to them . . . . . at what point will they start to beam political messages demanding that the Sheeple public obey their Masters?

Big Brother Scans - A scanner will determine the sex of the reader and send different messages to men and women

A high-definition camera will scan the eyes of hundreds of thousands of passers-by.

"We're not giving men and boys the choice to see the full ad on this occasion – so they get a glimpse of what it's like to havebasic choices taken away,"

Big Brother keeps pulling the hangman's noose tighter and tighter.

Benito Mussolini said that Fascism should really be called Corporatism - a merger of the power of the all-powerful State and Corporations.

Mussolini's Fascist wet-dream is coming true. Today we have the British Government in bed with Big Corporations to use public bus stops to effectively spy on the people. But this is but the first step. Soon there will be messages to report to Party Faithful Government lackeys those who might be potential law breakers or free thinkers or, far worse, those who dare to oppose the Government.

It is all for your own good you know. . . . and the Sheeple keep voting in these Bastards.

In the movie Minority Report, when Tom Cruise walks into a shopping center, an advertising board scans his retina and a video advert greets him by name and suggests he knock back a Guinness. In Britain this week, sci-fi is about to become sci-fact. And the target audience is women only.

A 40-second interactive advert is about to be launched that uses facial-recognition technology to decide the gender of the person looking at it and then vary its content. It was installed on a bus stop on Oxford Street in London's West End reports theUK Independent.

Only women will be able to view the full £30,000 advert commissioned by the children's charity Plan UK as part of its "Because I Am a Girl" campaign, which aims to ensure girls in the world's poorest countries are able to receive a good education.

.“With a 90 percent accuracy rating, the computer built into the placement analyzes and guesses gender based on specific facial attributes of the jawline, cheekbones, nose and eyes. Based on the current guess of a pedestrian’s gender, the digital placement shows an advertisement targeted at a man or a woman. As this technology continues to be applied to the field of advertising, the computer could also make a judgement about a person’s age, race or body type,” reports Digital Trends.

No matter how many times you warn the Sheeple
they keep allowing the government to build the
Big Brother State.

If the device recognizes a man it will display a message directing him to the charity's website.The technology itself was developed by Clear Channel UK and 3D Exposure, who assert that while concerns about people being subjected to Minority Report-style invasive advertising have been voiced, what they are working on for future projects “may soon surpass what we’ve seen at the cinema.”

The advert, which will have a two-week trial, will use a high-definition camera to scan hundreds of thousands of passers-by.

"We're not giving men and boys the choice to see the full ad on this occasion – so they get a glimpse of what it's like to have basic choices taken away," said Marie Staunton, Plan UK's chief executive.

The Open Rights Group called it "creepy". Neil Chapman, the head of the creative team at Clear Channel UK, the company who designed the ad, said full-blown Minority Report advertising would be his "idea of hell". He claimed his advert would not record or save any of the data it detects. His company is already in talks with many other clients to get more targeted advertising campaigns launched this year.

Minority Report Mall Scene

This is a scene from the movie Minority Report. Tom Cruise walks in the mall while his eyes are getting scanned by 3D screens. The screens call him directly by his name to get his attention.

Comrade Obama is either clueless or he is working hand-in-hand with his Socialist Brothers in China and Venezuela to destroy the Capitalist American economy.

Comrade Hugo Chavez is selling oil to Communist China that used to come to the United States. Chavez has received countless billions in payoffs from the Chinese reports the Washington Times.

While oil is shipped to China, Comrade Obama goes golfing. There is a worldwide rush for oil and Obama does nothing.

Opposition groups in Venezuela are warning that billions of dollars in Chinese loans are driving the state oil company toward bankruptcy. But a bankrupt Venezuela would make them even more dependent on Chinese money to stay afloat.

Miguel Rodriguez, an opposition
member of Congress who leaked government memos
from the Oil
Ministry, predicted that the loans will “end up accelerating the bankruptcy”
of Petroleum of Venezuela SA, known by its
Spanish acronym, PDVSA.

Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez was so
alarmed that he warned Comrade Hugo Chavez
that the terms of the loan - which require payment in hundreds of thousands of
barrels of oil at cut-rate prices - are creating a “very heavy financial load
for PDVSA.”

In a memo addressed to “Comrade President,” Ramirez said that the loans caused PDVSA to lose $12.5 billion last year.

Chinese Communists "buy" Venezuelan oil for $5 a barrel

Rodriguez told The Washington Times that he is preparing legal action to challenge the loans before Venezuela’s high court.

He said the loans are unconstitutional partly because they violate a national law prohibiting the use of state resources as loan guarantees. “These are illegal debt mechanisms,” he said.

Rodriguez said the leaked
documents are proof that the loan conditions are bad for PDVSA. He also said that $23 billion of what critics
call the “China fund” are unaccounted for.

“The president uses the ‘China fund’ as if it
were money in his own pocket,” he said.

Since 2007, Chavez's government
has received some $32 billion from China to finance
infrastructure in exchange for a steady supply of oil at below market prices.
.(Washington Times)

Corruption - toilets installed at a cost of 1.2 million yuan (£120,000) a piece.

Local governments are over $2 Trillion in debt.

Is the Chinese economic bubble getting ready to burst? China is experiencing labor unrest, massive local and national debt and a massive overbuild in the real estate sector. As the economy slows will it spark internal unrest? or drag down the other economies in the world?

Out of 23 current railway projects, some 70 per cent have been suspended,
partly suspended, or delayed, according to the Chinese state media.

Meanwhile, an unnamed source told Dow Jones, the news agency,
that only nine new railways would be commissioned this year, compared to 70 last
year.

Having run up enormous debts, the Chinese Railways ministry is struggling to
persuade banks to continue to finance its ambitions reports the UK Telegraph.

Ticket sales, meanwhile, have been slow on some lines as travelers baulk at
the price.

Chinese Ghost Cities . . . .

"The ministry cannot bear so much debt. It has already taken 240 billion yuan
(£24 billion) of loans and if it takes much more how can it pay the interest?"
said Wang Mengshu, a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and senior
consultant on the high-speed rail project.

"It can make profits of about 70 billion yuan on freight, but it is making no
money on passenger travel. The government should cancel some of the debt, or
invest some money itself rather than asking the banks to finance it," he added.

"A lot of projects are half-finished and while nine new lines have been
approved this year, no one has started building them."

At the height of the high-speed boom, trains were being fitted with toilets
that cost 1.2 million yuan (£120,000) a piece, and taps imported from Japan that
cost 7,000 yuan, according to an investigation by Century Weekly magazine.

Questions were raised about how much of the £190 billion high-speed rail budget
had been siphoned off, and whether it would have an impact on the safety of the
network.
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Glenn Beck was the first Constitutional Conservative to be removed by Fox.

First Beck and now the Judge . . . is John Stossel next?

Is it ratings? or is Fox getting rid of those pesky libertarian small government Constitutionalist types?

Fox News mostly acts as a cheerleader for the Republican Party. Nothing wrong with that. After all all the other networks are cheerleaders for the Democrat Party.

A biased press. Thus it has always been from the birth of the Republic.

Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity, the main shows left on Fox, basically carry water for the religious right. O'Reilly is always playing the "think of the children" and culture war card. Hannity does the same thing while slavishly licking the boots and kissing the ass of any liar political hack who happens to call himself a Republican.

Viewers who can think for themselves will scream at Hannity on their screen for his shameless softball questions. He never asks his Big Government GOP guests why they are eager to build a centralized, all-powerful Police State. Why they have never authored a bill to cut even one single dollar from the Federal budget.

It is always the fault of those evil Democrats . . . even when the Democrats were a minority and had no power it was still the Democrat's fault.

I hate liars and charlatans, but that is all that Fox has left us.

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criticism of the NDAA, and his anti-war stance. Fox said they plan on airing
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Jonathan Dayton, Federalist

Founding Father of the United States. Captain in the Continental Army. Battles of Brandywine Creek, Germantown and Yorktown. Continental Congressman, Constitutional Convention, Federalist Speaker of the House of Representatives and U.S. Senator from New Jersey. Dayton was falsely arrested for treason by order of a power mad Thomas Jefferson in the phony show-trial of Aaron Burr.

Daniel Morgan, Federalist

Brigadier General in the Continental Army, Battles of Quebec, Freeman's Farm, Bemis Heights, Cowpens, and the Whiskey Rebellion. Federalist Congressman from Virginia. Disgusted with Jeffersonian Democrat-Republicans he called them "a parsall of egg-sucking dogs."

Thomas Mifflin, Federalist

Founding Father of the United States. Major general in the Continental Army, First Quartermaster General, Continental Congressman, President of the Continental Congress, President of the United States in Congress Assembled, Constitutional Convention, President of Pennsylvania, Federalist Governor of Pennsylvania.

Samuel Chase, Federalist

Founding Father of the United States. Member of the Continental Congress, signed the Declaration of Independence. Chief Justice of the Maryland General Court. Appointed by George Washington to the Supreme Court. Impeached by order of a power mad Thomas Jefferson in an attempt to intimidate the independent Federal Courts. Found innocent in a Senate trial fairly presided over by Vice President Aaron Burr.

Edmund Randolph, Federalist

Joined the Continental Army as aide-de-camp to General George Washington. Continental Congress. Introduced the Virginia Plan at the Constitutional Convention. 1st United States Attorney General and 2nd United States Secretary of State under Washington. Governor of Virginia. Defense counsel for Vice President Aaron Burr in the phony treason trial ordered by a power mad Thomas Jefferson.

Theodore Sedgwick, Federalist

Major in the Continental Army, Battle of White Plains and the Invasion of Canada. Federalist Speaker of the House of Representatives, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts. Early anti-slavery activist.

About Me

"Stood in firelight, sweltering. Bloodstain on chest like map of violent new continent. Felt cleansed. Felt dark planet turn under my feet and knew what cats know that makes them scream like babies in night.
Looked at sky through smoke heavy with human fat and God was not there. The cold, suffocating dark goes on forever and we are alone. Live our lives, lacking anything better to do. Devise reason later. Born from oblivion; bear children, hell-bound as ourselves, go into oblivion. There is nothing else.
Existence is random. Has no pattern save what we imagine after staring at it for too long. No meaning save what we choose to impose. This rudderless world is not shaped by vague metaphysical forces. It is not God who kills the children. Not fate that butchers them or destiny that feeds them to the dogs. It is us. Only us.
Streets stank of fire. The void breathed hard on my heart, turning its illusions to ice, shattering them. Was reborn then, free to scrawl own design on this morally blank world. Was Rorschach."
- - - Rorschach, Watchmen (1986)

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, FEDERALIST

Federalist Party Senator from Massachusetts (1803 - 1808). Ambassador to the Netherlands, Prussia, Russia and the United Kingdom. Secretary of State. Congressman. 6th President of the United States. In 1841, Adams had the case of a lifetime, representing the defendants in United States v. The Amistad Africans in the Supreme Court of the United States. Adams won their freedom.

Thomas Pinckney, Federalist

Commissioned as captain in the 1st South Carolina Regiment of the Continental Army. After seeing much action, he became an aide-de-camp to General Horatio Gates. He was captured by the British at the disastrous Battle of Camden in 1780. After recovering from his wounds, he was released in a prisoner exchange. In 1781 he fought under Lafayette in Virginia. Appointed by President George Washington to be the U.S. minister to Great Britain served as Envoy Extraordinary to Spain. The Federalist Party made him a candidate in the 1796 presidential election as the intended running-mate of John Adams. Served as Congressman and Governor of South Carolina. Served as a major general in the Army during the War of 1812.

Arthur St. Clair, Federalist

Major General U.S. Army. Battles of the Plains of Abraham, Trois-Rivières, Trenton, Siege of Fort Ticonderoga, Yorktown, Battle of the Wabash, President of the Continental Congress, Federalist Governor of the Northwest Territory.

Henry Lee III, Federalist

Major General "Light-Horse Harry" Lee fought at the battles of Paulus Hook, Guilford Court House, Eutaw Springs, Yorktown and the Whiskey Rebellion. Federalist Congressman from Virginia, Governor of Virginia. Father of Robert E. Lee. In 1812 Lee was attacked by a Jeffersonian mob of Democratic-Republicans while defending a Federalist newspaper from attack. Lee and the other Federalists were beaten and tortured by the mob over the next three hours. Lee was left partially blinded after hot wax was poured into his eyes. The men were left for dead. All were severely injured, and one Federalist, General James Lingan, died.

Timothy Pickering, Federalist

Colonel in the Continental Army, served as Adjutant General and Quartermaster General. Postmaster General, Secretary of War, Secretary of State, Federalist Congressman and U.S. Senator from Massachusetts. Pickering and a band of Federalists attempted to gain support for the secession of New England from the Jeffersonian United States.

James Buchanan, Federalist

Buchanan began his political career in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1814–1816, serving as a Federalist. Buchanan went on to be elected as a Federalist Congressman from Pennsylvania 1821-1825. He served as Minister to Russia, Britain, US Senator, Secretary of State and President of the United States.

Roger Taney, Federalist

As a young attorney he organized the Federalist Party of Maryland to better reach out to the mass of voters with committees, mass meetings, barbecues and a Federalist newspaper. Taney's organizing paid off with his election as a Federalist to Maryland's House of Delegates. He went on to serve as Secretary of War, of the Treasury, US Attorney General and Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court.

Fisher Ames, Federalist

A Harvard educated attorney, Ames was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He was then elected to the 1st US Congress defeating Sam Adams for the post. He became an important thinker and leader of the Federalist Party. Ames feared for the future of an America under Jeffersonian politicians pandering to the mob to buy votes in order to gain personal power. He said, "I fear Federalism will not only die, but all remembrance of it will be lost."

Francis Scott Key, Federalist

Key was a Maryland attorney and Federalist Party opponent of the War of 1812. He wrote the U.S. national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner" during the Battle of Baltimore. Key opened a law office with fellow Federalist Roger Taney, a future U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice. He also practiced law with his uncle, Federalist Congressman Philip Barton Key.

James Schureman, Federalist

In the Revolution he raised a volunteer company in New Brunswick, New Jersey and led it as Captain. Fought in the Battle of Brooklyn where he was captured. Held as a prisoner of war until early in the spring of 1777 when he escaped to rejoin the Continental Army. Served in Continental Congress and as a Federalist in both the Congress and in the U.S. Senate from New Jersey.

John Sullivan, Federalist

Major General Continental Army. Commander in Quebec invasion. Battles of Trois-Rivières, Long Island, Trenton, Princeton, Staten Island, Brandywine, Germantown and Rhode Island. Commanded the Sullivan Expedition against the Iroquois. Member of the Continental Congress; Attorney General of New Hampshire; President of New Hampshire. Appointed by President Washington judge of the United States District Court of New Hampshire. Governor of New Hampshire.

Philip Schuyler, Federalist

Major General of the Continental Army. General Schuyler took command of the Northern Department, and planned the Invasion of Canada (1775). He was active in preparing the defense against British invasion in the Saratoga Campaign (1777). Twice elected Federalist U.S. Senator from New York.

Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., Federalist

Served in the Continental Army as a paymaster; comptroller of the treasury 1778-1779; appointed secretary and aide-de-camp to General George Washington in 1781. 2nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. United States Senator from Connecticut. Federalist Governor of Connecticut (1796 - 1809).

Frederick Frelinghuysen, Federalist

In the War of Independence he served in the New Jersey militia as an artillery captain, seeing action at Trenton and Monmouth. Attained the rank of colonel. Member of the Continental Congress. Served in the New Jersey General Assembly. Member of the New Jersey convention that ratified the United States Constitution in 1787. President George Washington appointed him as brigadier general in the United States Army for the 1790 campaign against the western Indians. Commissioned major general in the New Jersey militia in 1794, during the Whiskey Rebellion. Elected to the United States Senate.

Daniel Webster, Federalist

Federalist Party office holder until 1828. Congressman from New Hampshire (1813 - 1817), Congressman from Massachusetts (1823 - 1827), U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, Secretary of State under three Presidents.

Stephen Van Rensselaer, Federalist

Van Rensselaer served in the New York Assembly and Senate. He served as the Federalist Lt. Governor under John Jay. In 1786, Van Rensselaer was made a major of the militia. As a Major General in the War of 1812 he led an army in an invasion of Canada and fought at the Battle of Queenston Heights. In 1813 Van Rensselaer was the Federalist candidate for Governor of New York earning 48% of the vote. A shift of only 1,800 votes would have made him Governor. In 1822 he was elected to Congress as a Federalist serving until 1829.

WILLIAM PATERSON, Federalist

During the Revolutionary War, Paterson served as an officer with the Somerset County Minutemen. Delegate to the Provincial Congress of New Jersey in 1775 and to the State Constitutional Convention in 1776. After helping draft the New Jersey Constitution, he became Attorney General. Delegate to the US Constitutional Convention of 1787. US Senator in the First Federal Congress. Governor of New Jersey. President George Washington nominated Paterson to the US Supreme Court in 1793.

James Hillhouse, Federalist

Hillhouse served as captain in Governor's Foot Guards in the Revolutionary War. He was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, Congressman from Connecticut at-large, 1791–96, and a Federalist Party U. S. Senator from Connecticut, 1796–1810. He was the anti-slavery leader of the Congress in the early days of the Republic. After the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, Hillhouse fought to bar the importation of slaves into the Louisiana Territory. "I consider slavery as a serious evil," he proclaimed, "and wish to check it wherever I have authority." Two of Hillhouse's amendments restricting slavery passed the Congress and were signed into law.

John Hoskins Stone, Federalist

Colonel, 1st Maryland Regiment of the Continental Army. Battles of Brooklyn, White Plaines, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth and Stony Point. Wounded at Germantown and as a result was lame for the rest of his life. Seriously wounded at Stony Point and resigned his commission. Governor of Maryland.

Benjamin Tallmadge, Federalist

William Richardson Davie, Federalist

Rising to the rank of Colonel, Davie raised and commanded cavalry units in the Revolution. Seriously wounded at the Battle of Stono Ferry outside Charleston. Fought at the Battle of Charlotte. Served as Commissary-General. Delegate to the Constitutional Convention. President John Adams appointed him a Brigadier General in the U.S. Army. Federalist Governor of North Carolina.

Oliver Ellsworth, Federalist

In 1777 he was chosen as one of Connecticut's representatives in the Continental Congress. Served at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia as a delegate from Connecticut. On June 20, 1787 he proposed the use of the name the United States to identify the nation under the authority of the Constitution. United States Senator from Connecticut. Ellsworth was the principal exponent in the Senate of Alexander Hamilton's economic program. In 1796 Ellsworth was appointed by President George Washington to be Chief Justice of the United States. Served as United States Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of France. Ellsworth was a candidate in the 1796 United States Presidential election, receiving eleven votes in the electoral college.

Winthrop Sargent, Federalist

Enlisted as Lieutenant, Gridley's Regiment of Massachusetts Artillery on July 7, 1775. Served in the Siege of Boston, as well as the battles of Long Island, White Plains, Trenton, Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth. He was wounded twice at the Battle of the Wabash, on November 4, 1791. He also served in the Indian wars of 1794 - 1795 and became Adjutant General. Final rank Lieutenant Colonel. Federalist Governor of the Mississippi Territory.

William Moultrie, Federalist

Colonel of the 2nd South Carolina Regiment. Battle of Sullivan's Island, Siege of Savannah, Siege of Charles Town. Prisoner of war for two years. Promoted to Major General. Governor of South Carolina.

Robert Goodloe Harper, Federalist

At the age of fifteen, Harper joined a volunteer corps of Cavalry and served in the American Revolutionary Army. Harper was elected as a Federalist Congressman from South Carolina (1795 - 1801). In 1798 at a dinner in Philadelphia honoring John Marshall, a group of U.S. Congressmen were discussing a recent demand made by the government of France. French vessels had been plundering US ships in a piratical manner. French foreign minister Talleyrand said the attacks would be stopped if the US paid him $250,000 and gave France 50,000 pounds sterling and a $100 million loan. As toasts were made, Harper sent his own defiant reply to the French with this toast: “Millions for defense but not one cent for tribute.” Harper served in the War of 1812, attaining the rank of major general. He moved to Maryland and was elected as a Federalist to the US Senate. He was an unsuccessful Federalist candidate for Vice President in the 1816 election. He also received one electoral vote for Vice President in the 1820 election.

Caleb Strong, Federalist

Delegate to the Constitutional Convention. Elected the first US Senator from Massachusetts. Twice elected Governor of Massachusetts as the nominee of the Federalist Party (1800 - 1807). Strong took a principled stand against the War of 1812 and ran again for Governor opposing "Mr. Madison's War". He served as an anti-war Governor from 1812 - 1816.

Jacob Read, Federalist

Studied law and was admitted to the bar; studied in England 1773-1776; joined other Americans in London in 1774 in a petition against the Boston port bill. Returned to the United States and served South Carolina in various military and civil capacities during the Revolutionary War. Sent with other Americans as a prisoner of the British to St. Augustine 1780-1781. Member of the Continental Congress from South Carolina 1783-1785. Elected as a Federalist to the United States Senate.

General Epaphroditus Champion, Federalist

Champion helped his father gather a herd of cattle and drive them to Valley Forge. He was later named the first Commissary General of the Continental Army. Champion served as captain in the 24th Regiment of the Connecticut State militia rising to brigadier general of the Seventh Brigade from 1800 to 1803. He worked as a merchant, shipowner, exporter and importer. Champion served as a Federalist Congressman from Connecticut 1807 - 1817.

Samuel Huntington, Federalist

Founding Father of the United States. Huntington was an outspoken critic of the Coercive Acts of the British Parliament. Signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. Served as President of the Continental Congress from 1779 to 1781. Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court from 1784 to 1785. Governor of Connecticut from 1786-1796.

Alexander Contee Hanson, Federalist

Member of the Maryland House of Delegates. Editor of the "Federal Republican", a Federalist Party newspaper in Baltimore. Four days after the beginning of the War of 1812 a mob of pro-war Democrat-Republicans destroyed his newspaper office. The paper moved to another building where Hanson was joined by a group of armed allies. When that building was besieged by another mob, Hanson and his group fired, killing two. Hanson and his group surrendered to the militia and were escorted to jail. That evening yet another mob stormed the jail. Hanson was beaten and left for dead. Hanson was elected as a Federalist to Congress in 1812 and 1814. In 1816 he was elected as a Federalist to represent Maryland in the U.S. Senate until his death in 1819 at the age of 33.

William Bingham, Federalist

As a merchant he brought full loads of munitions & guns for the war. Served as a diplomat for Congress to France. Bingham marshaled the Second Troop of Philadelphia Light Horse. He served in the Continental Congress, 1st Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, State Senator, and US Senator. Federalists agreed to hold preliminary votings at the Bingham Estate before propositions were brought before Congress publicly, thus creating unanimity among party lines. Alexander Hamilton sought Bingham as his mentor in managing taxes, tariffs, and in constructing a national bank.

Charles Goldsborough, Federalist

In 1790, Goldsborough was admitted to the bar, and early on held several local political offices. He was also a member of the Maryland State Senate from 1791 to 1795 and later from 1799 to 1801. He was elected as a Federalist to Congress, serving from 1805 to 1817. He also acted as Federalist Party floor leader in the House. He later served as Governor of Maryland in 1818 and 1819.

Ezekiel Whitman, Federalist

Whitman practiced law in New Gloucester, Maine and in Portland, Maine (both communities a district of Massachusetts until 1820). In 1808 Whitman was elected as a Federalist Congressman from Massachusetts and served one term. In 1816 he was again elected as a Federalist to the US House serving from 1817 to 1821. In 1819 he was a delegate to the convention that prepared the constitution which led to Maine's statehood. In 1820 he was elected as a Federalist Congressman from the new state of Maine serving until 1822. Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Court from 1841 to 1848.

William Hunter, Federalist

Federalist U. S. Senator from Rhode Island from 1811 to 1821. Appointed by Andrew Jackson to be the U.S. representative to the Empire of Brazil. He served in this position for 9 years until 1845.

William North, Federalist

Entered the Continental Army in 1775. Served under Benedict Arnold in the invasion of Canada. Captain in Henry Jackson's 16th Massachusetts Regiment, with which he participated in the Battle of Monmouth. 1779 he became aide-de-camp to Baron Steuben and was present at Yorktown. Adjutant General of the United States Army with the rank of brigadier general. Speaker of the New York State Assembly. Federalist U.S. Senator from New York.

David Cobb, Federalist

Cobb studied medicine in Boston and practiced in Taunton, Massachusetts. He was a member of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress in 1775; lieutenant colonel of Jackson’s regiment in 1777 and 1778, serving in Rhode Island and New Jersey; was aide-de-camp on the staff of General George Washington; appointed major general of militia in 1786. Fought in the New York and New Jersey Campaign, the Battles of Springfield, Monmouth, Rhode Island and Shay's Rebellion. He served the Federalist Party as Lt. Governor of Massachusetts, President of the State Senate and Congressman.

Jared Ingersoll, Federalist

Founding Father of the United States. Federalist Party nominee for Vice President in 1812. Delegate to the Second Continental Congress from Pennsylvania. Delegate to the Constitutional Convention. Attorney General of Pennsylvania. United States District Attorney for Pennsylvania.

John Cotton Smith, Federalist

Smith was a Federalist, serving as Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1800, 1806–1807, 1807–1809), as Congressman and Federalist Party floor leader in the House from 1800–1806, the seventh Lieutenant Governor (1811–1812), and finally as the last Federalist Governor of Connecticut from 1812 to 1817.

Josiah Parker, Federalist

In 1775 Parker enlisted in the Continental Army. He was commissioned a major in the 5th Virginia Regiment in 1776 and became its colonel in 1778. His regiment served in Virginia under General Charles Lee and was transferred to George Washington. The regiment thereafter saw action at the Battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth and the Siege of Charleston. During Cornwallis's Virginia campaign in 1781, the notorious Colonel Tarleton ransacked his home. He was elected to the First US Congress from Virginia serving for twelve years.

Daniel Cady, Federalist

Cady was a member of the New York State Assembly, District Attorney, Judge and Federalist Party Congressman from New York. As a lawyer he worked cases with Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr and Abraham Lincoln. In 1856, Cady was a presidential elector on the Republican John C. Fremont ticket. He was the father of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, an abolitionist and leading figure of the early women's rights movement.

Louis McLane, Federalist

During the War of 1812 McLane joined the Wilmington Artillery Company serving as a 1st Lieutenant. McLane was elected as a Federalist to the U.S. House of Representatives from Delaware (1817 to 1827). He served for four years as the Federalist Party floor leader in the House. He went on to be US Senator representing the National Republican Party (Adams). McLane also was Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of State and Minister to the United Kingdom.

William Stephens Smith, Federalist

Smith married Abigail "Nabby" Adams, the daughter of President John Adams, and so was a brother-in-law of President John Quincy Adams, and an uncle of Charles Francis Adams. Served in the Revolutionary Army as aide-de-camp to General John Sullivan. Fought in the Battle of Long Island, was wounded at Harlem Heights, Battle of White Plains, was promoted to lieutenant colonel at the Battle of Trenton, fought at the Battle of Monmouth and Newport. He was on the staff of General Lafayette, became an adjutant in the Corps of Light Infantry, then transferred to the staff of George Washington. Elected as a Federalist Congressman from New York.

Timothy Pitkin, Federalist

Pitkin served in the State Legislature of Connecticut in 1790, 1792, and 1794‑1805, and as Speaker 1803‑1805. He was elected as a Federalist to the United States Congress serving from 1805 to 1819. He acted as Federalist Party floor leader in the House for eight years. During his leadership the Federalist Party grew in strength adding 32 new Congressmen in the 1812 elections by opposing "Mr. Madison's War."

Oliver Wolcott, Jr., Federalist

Wolcott was appointed Secretary of the Treasury by George Washington in 1795 to succeed Alexander Hamilton. He continued at Treasury under John Adams until 1800. President John Adams appointed him as a Federal judge on the United States Circuit Court. His judgeship was abolished by Jeffersonian Republicans in an attempt to intimidate the independent Federal Courts. In 1817 he was elected Governor of Connecticut as a member of the new Toleration Republican Party.

John Rutledge, Jr., Federalist

Rutledge served as Congressman from South Carolina. A passionate Federalist, he supported Aaron Burr against Jefferson, founding the Charleston Courier (predecessor of the Post and Courier) to support his causes. Joining the South Carolina Militia in 1799, Rutledge served as commander of the Twenty-eighth Regiment in the War of 1812. He subsequently commanded the Seventh Brigade from 1816 until his death. Rutledge's life was fraught with controversy. Catching his wife (mother to his nine children) in a "clandestine visit" with Dr. Horace Senter, Rutledge challenged him to a duel, fatally wounding the doctor.

John Sergeant, Federalist

Member of the Pennsylvania state house of representatives 1808-1810; elected as a Federalist to Congress and served from 1815, to 1823. Sergeant was a strong backer of Henry Clay's American System and the Second Bank of the United States, and even traveled to Europe to negotiate loans to the Bank. He was a strong opponent of slavery who voted against the Missouri Compromise. In 1826 he was an envoy to the Panama Congress. Elected to Congress as an Adams candidate 1827 to 1829. Failing re-election he became legal counsel to the Bank of the United States. Sergeant was the Vice Presidential running mate in Henry Clay's campaign on the National Republican ticket in 1832. Elected as a Whig to Congress serving from 1837 to 1841.

John Laurance, Federalist

Born in England, he emigrated to the United States in 1767 and settled in New York City. Laurance received an officer's commission in the First New York regiment. He was appointed aide-de-camp to Washington in 1777. He presided over the spy trial of Major André. Served in the Continental Congress, the New York State Assembly, State Senate and the 1st United States Congress. Appointed by George Washington to the Federal bench. Elected as a Federalist US Senator from New York.

William Loughton Smith, Federalist

In 1774 he studied law in London, England. Practiced law in Charleston. Elected from South Carolina as a Pro-Administration candidate to the 1st, 2nd and 3 Congresses. Re-elected as a Federalist to the 4th and 5th Congresses. Appointed by John Adams as United States Minister to Portugal and Spain. Commissioned Minister to the Ottoman Porte on February, 1799.

Thomas Forrest, Federalist

During the American Revolutionary War Forrest was commissioned a captain in Colonel Thomas Proctor's Pennsylvania Artillery Battalion in 1776. He led a 52-man company of artillery at the Battle of Trenton. He ended his service at a Lieutenant Colonel. He was elected as a Federalist Congressman from Pennsylvania from 1819 to 1823.

Philip Barton Key, Federalist

Key had been a Loyalist in the American Revolution. He served in the Maryland Loyalists Battalion as a captain. Key fought with the British Army from 1777 to 1781, until he was captured by the Spanish in Pensacola, Florida with the rest of his battalion. After the war he served as Mayor of Annapolis & member of the Maryland House of Delegates. Appointed a Federal Judge by John Adams. He was a Counsel to Justice Samuel Chase during Chase's Jefferson ordered impeachment show-trial in 1805. Elected as a Federalist to Congress from Maryland (1807 - 1813). Francis Scott Key was his nephew.

Aaron Ogden, Federalist

Lieutenant in the 1st New Jersey Regiment, rising to the rank of brigade major. Wounded at the siege of Yorktown in 1781. Federalist U.S. Senator and Governor of New Jersey.

CHARLES POLK, FEDERALIST

Federalist Governor of Delaware. The Federalist Party selected Polk as their candidate for Governor in 1826. After a hard fought campaign he was narrowly elected. Polk is the last known major officeholder representing the Federalist Party. He left office January 19, 1830.

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Alexander Hamilton, Federalist

Founding Father of the United States. Co-Author of the Federalist Papers. Founder and leader of the Federalist Party. Enlisted in the Revolution as Lieutenant of New York Provincial Company of Artillery rising to the rank of Major General in 1799. Fought in the Battles of Harlem Heights, White Plains, Trenton, Princeton, Monmouth and Yorktown. Served with General Washington in the Whiskey Rebellion. Appointed by John Adams Commander of a new army in the Quasi-War. Elected in 1782 to the Congress of the Confederation as a New York representative. Delegate to the Constitutional Convention. President George Washington appointed Hamilton as the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.

Charles Pinckney, Federalist

Founding Father of the United States. 1804 and 1808 Federalist Party nominee for President. Joined the Continental Army in 1775 as Captain of the elite Grenadiers of the 1st South Carolina Regiment. Served in the Battle of Sullivan's Island rising to the rank of Colonel. Fought at the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Alligator Bridge, the Siege of Savannah and American expedition attempting to seize British East Florida. In 1780 with the surrender of the American Army at the Siege of Charleston, Pinckney became a POW. Upon his release two years later he was commissioned a brevet Brigadier General. Delegate to the Constitutional Convention. Served as George Washington's United States Minister to France (1796 - 1797). Pinckney was the Federalist Party candidate for Vice President in the election of 1800. Pinckney famously said, "If I had a vein that did not beat with the love of my Country, I myself would open it. If I had a drop of blood that could flow dishonorable, I myself would let it out."

Rufus King, Federalist

Founding Father of the United States. 1816 Federalist Party nominee for President. In 1778 King volunteered for militia duty in the Revolution. Appointed a major and served in the Battle of Rhode Island. Member of the Continental Congress from Massachusetts 1784-1787. Delegate to the Constitutional Convention where he worked closely with Alexander Hamilton on the Committee of Style and Arrangement to prepare the final draft. United States Senator from New York in 1789; re-elected in 1795 and served from July, 1789, until May 1796, when he resigned to become Minister to Great Britain (1796-1803). Federalist Party candidate for Vice President of the United States in 1804 and in 1808. Again elected as Federalist United States Senator from New York in 1813; re-elected in 1819 and served to 1825. Appointed by John Quincy Adams as United States Minister to Great Britain (1825-1826). Anti-slavery activist.

John Eager Howard, Federalist

1816 Federalist Party candidate for Vice President. Commissioned a Captain at the beginning of the Revolutionary War, Howard rose to the rank of Colonel in the Continental Army. Fought in the Battle of White Plains and in the Battle of Monmouth. He was awarded a silver medal by Congress for his leadership at the Battle of Cowpens, during which he commanded the 3rd Maryland Regiment, Continental Army. Elected to the Continental Congress in 1778. Governor of Maryland. Elected as a Federalist in 1796 to the United States Senate. Received 22 electoral votes for Vice President as the running mate of Federalist Rufus King.

John Jay, Federalist

Founding Father of the United States. Co-Author of the Federalist Papers. Secretary to the New York Committee of Correspondence, where he represented the conservative faction that was interested in protecting property rights and in preserving the rule of law. Delegate to the First Continental Congress in 1774. United States Minister to Spain (1779 - 1782). Diplomat with Benjamin Franklin in Paris to end the war with Britain. United States Secretary for Foreign Affairs under the Confederation. Appointed 1st Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States by George Washington. Minister Plenipotentiary to Great Britain. Federalist Governor of New York (1795 - 1801). Anti-slavery activist. In 1799 as Governor he signed a bill into law for the emancipation of slaves in New York.

Dr. John Brooks, Federalist

Brooks began his medical practice in Reading, where he became the Captain of the Reading Minutemen. He led them in the Battle of Concord and at Bunker Hill. He accepted a commission as Captain in the Continental Army and took part in battles in White Plains, and Long Island. Wintered with General Washington at Valley Forge. Appointed Major General of the Middlesex Militia in 1786, which he led in suppressing Shays' Rebellion. He was appointed Adjutant General (1812–1816). He won the governorship of Massachusetts with the Federalist Party in 1816.

John Marshall, Federalist

Marshall served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Lieutenant in the Culpeper Minutemen from 1775 to 1776, and went on to serve as a Lieutenant and then a Captain in the Eleventh Virginia Continental Regiment from 1776 to 1780. Marshall endured the brutal winter conditions at Valley Forge (1777–1778). Special Commissioner to France in 1797 - 1798. Elected as a Federalist Congressman from Virginia. United States Secretary of State for John Adams. Appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1801 - 1835).

Gouverneur Morris, Federalist

Founding Father of the United States. Delegate to the Continental Congress. He was a signatory to the Articles of Confederation. Pennsylvania delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787. Morris was elected to serve on a committee of five which drafted the final language of the proposed constitution. But it was his pen that was responsible for most of the draft, as well as its final polished form. Morris is widely credited as the author of the Constitution's preamble. Morris thought that common people were incapable of self-government because he feared that the poor would sell their votes to the rich. (Time has proven him right.) Gouverneur Morris was one of the few delegates at the Philadelphia Convention who spoke openly against slavery. Served as Minister Plenipotentiary to France from 1792 - 1794. Elected as a Federalist to the United States Senate from New York. - . . . . . . . "The proudest empire in Europe is but a bubble compared to what America will be, must be, in the course of two centuries, perhaps of one." - - - - Gouverneur Morris (Author of the Constitution of the United States)

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